BATH — Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. will deliver an illustrated lecture, “The Maine Homefront in World War I,” in the Community Room of the Patten Free Library in Bath 10:30 a.m. Oct. 21. The program is sponsored by Bath Historical Society, which will present a small exhibit of photographs of Bath during […]

Call me quixotic but I like surf and turf outdoor adventures. What’s a surf and turf ? My definition is a sea kayak or canoe trip blended in with a mountain hike. While this may seem bizarre to the uninitiated, it’s an excellent way to combine three popular outdoor activities, paddling, hiking and camping. Fortuitously, […]

PORTLAND A former Bath man has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison on a federal child sex abuse charge. U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Thursday that David Miller, 54, of Flushing, Michigan and formerly of Bath, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 327 months in […]

TOPSHAM Topsham police Thursday warned residents to lock their vehicles after several unlocked cars in town were recently burglarized overnight. “Once again, thieves are out and about on the prowl in our neighborhoods,” a department Facebook post Thursday stated. “We have had a large number of cars gone through during the nighttime hours,” involving unlocked […]

GRAY (AP) — A Maine high school varsity football coach has been dismissed after he allegedly instructed his players to taunt an opposing player for having two mothers as parents. The parents, Lynn and Stephanie Eckersley-Ray, of Yarmouth, say Gray-New Gloucester coach Duane Greaton told his players to taunt their son every time he was […]

SANFORD (AP) — A large fire has ravaged a neighborhood in Maine, with officials saying it destroyed six buildings and sent at least four people to the hospital. Witnesses told the state Fire Marshal’s Office they smelled smoke long before they saw flames spread to four buildings in Sanford Thursday afternoon. State Fire Marshal Joe […]